i am under the impression that people do in fact remember things that happen to them when they are very young ( Read more... )

my mother loved to tell me this story
once upon a time
one day
when i was an infant
less than a year old
she left me at home with my father
when she came home he was
according to her
touching me in an inappropriate manner
and all he said
according to her
was, "she seems to like it..."

second grade
lunchtime
i never ate all of my lunch
i was scrawny and not often hungry
the sandwich was warm and soggy anyway
lunch monitors didn't care
class couldn't go to recess until i finished my peanut butter and jelly sandwich
they held me down and forced the sandwich down my throat
much to the delight of the class